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Modem G. L. LIPPOLD. Leather Substitute.

N0. 242,342. Patented May 31,1881.

. Wm mYW WITNESSES:

ATTORNEY NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GOTTFRIED L. LIPPOLD, OF DRESDEN, SAXONY, GERMANY.

LEATHER-SUBSTITUTE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 242,342, dated May 31, 1881,

Application filed December 16, 1880. (Model) To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, GOTTFRIED LUITHARD LIPPOLD, of Dresden, in the Kingdom of Saxony and Empire ofGerman y, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Leather- Substitutes, of which the following is a specification.

This invention has reference to an improved fabric which is intended to be used as a substitute for leather, Wherever it is necessary to make the articles to which it is applied in as light and durable a manner as possible; and theinvention consists of an intermediate layer or body of closely-arranged strips of cane, and of exterior layers or webs of textile fabric, the strips bcin g united with each other and to the exterior layers by a suitable glue or cement.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents a vertical transverse section of my improved leather substitute on an enlarged scale. Fig. 2 is a top view ofa larger section with part ofthe upper web removed; and Figs. 3 and 4: are vertical transverse section and a horizontal section of the same, respectively, on lines 00 x and 3 3 Fig. 2.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

a in the drawings represents a layer or body, which is made of a series of cane-strips of uniform thickness and of square or oblong crosssection. These strips a are placed sidewise of each other, and are united at their adjoining sides by means of glue or cement, so that they form a continuous body of a certain degree of elasticity. The body of cane-strips is covered at both sides with exterior layers or webs, b and c, of any suitable textile fabric, which webs are united therewith by gluing or cementin They serve to protect the intermediate layer of cane, and form a homogeneous,light, and durable fabric therewith. This fabric can be manufactured in any desired dimensions, and can be used as a substitute for leather in the manufacture of cases, boxes,

trays, and other articles in which a certain de- 5 not claim the same. A compound veneer of this kind is, however, quite different from my invention, which consists of a number of small strips, which are cemented side by side, so as to produce an even upper and lower surface,

whereby each of the said strips forms a part of the upper andtlower surfaces. All the strips are covered at the entire upper and lower surfaces by the exterior layers or webs of textile fabrics without any intermediate layers.

Having thus described myinvention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patcut- 1. As a new article of manufacture, a substitute for leather consisting of an intermediate layer or body of cane-strips cemented sidewise to each other, and of outer covering layers or webs of textile fabric, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. As a new article of manufacture, a substitute for leather consisting of an interior body or layer of cane-strips, and of exterior layers or webs of textile fabric, the cane-strips being united to each other side by side and to the covering layers by means of glue or cement, substantially as and for the purpose described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed my name, in pres ence of two subscribing witnesses, this 26th day of November, 1880.

GOT'IFRIED LUITHARD LIPPOLD. Witnesses:

O'r'ro WOLFF, LEON KLEMPEaoY. 

